Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Goebel
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. L'orin C. Collins, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
John Goebel, as administrator of John J. Hart, deceased, recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Cook county, against the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, for the sum of $5000, for negligently causing the death of the intestate, which, on the company’s appeal, was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District. By the company’s further appeal, the case is now here for review.
The accident which resulted in Hart’s death occurred November 13, 1883, on a side-track, east of the company’s two main lines, at its Evanston yard, near Chicago. The evidence tends to prove that…
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